The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and the Environment/

Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Routledge, 2012ISBN: 9780203121108Subject(s): Tourism - Hospitality | Tourism - EnvironmentOnline resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Part 1: Scientific Realties and Cultural Constructs of the Environment 1. Introduction 2. The Natural Science Ontology of Environment 3. Social Science Ontology of Environment: Challenges to Human Exceptionalism 4. Religious Views of the Environment: Sanctification of Nature and Implications for Tourism 5. Tourism and Indigenous Reverence: The Possibilities for Recovery of Land and Revitalization of Life 6. ‘Prophets of Nature’: Romantic Ideals of Nature and their Continuing Relevance for Tourism Today 7. The Importance of the Aesthetic 8. Viewing Nature Politically 9. Using Complexity Theory to Develop Understanding of Tourism and the Environment 10. Tourism and Romantic Myths of Nature: The Evolution of a Discursive Relationship Part 2: Eco-systems and Impact Issues 11. Introduction 12. Nature Bites Back: Impacts of the Environment on Tourism 13. Biodiversity and Tourism 14. ‘Tourism into the wild’: The Limits of Tourism in Wilderness 15. Freshwater Systems and Tourism 16. Marine Systems and Tourism 17. Mountain Environments and Tourism 18. Orchids: An Example of Charismatic Megaflora Tourism? 19. Islands Tourism Part 3: Environmental Policy, Resource Governance and Management 20. Introduction 21. The Brundtland Report (Our Common Future) and Tourism 23. Framework Conventions for Climate Change: An Analysis of Global Framework Conventions with Reference to Resource Governance and Environmental Management Approaches in New Zealand 24. The Vulnerability of Tourism to Climate Change 25. Demand Management for the Sustainability of Tourism 26. Zoning, Land-use Planning and Tourism 27. Protected Areas and Tourism 28. Limits of Acceptable Change and Tourism 29. Sustainable Tourism Certification 30. Lessons Learned: Knowledge Management and Tourism Development Part 4: Terminology and Types of Tourism 31. Introduction 32. Eco-tourism 33. Nature-Based Tourism 34. Wildlife tourism 35. Agritourism: In Between Rural change, Tourism Restructuring and Environmental Imperatives 36. Slow Travel 37. Responsible Tourism: Whose Responsibility? 38. Pro-Poor Tourism and Local Economic Development Part 5: Contemporary and Future Issues 39. Introduction 40. Climate Change and Tourism 41. Water and Tourism 42. Community-Based Ecotourism as Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship 43. Tourism’s Wasteful Way 44. Fair Trade in Tourism – Critical Shifts and Perspectives 45. Resiliency and Uncertainty in Tourism 46. Tourism and CSR 47. Environmental Security and Tourism 48. Adaptive Co-management: A New Frontier for Nature-based Tourism 49. Measurement of Corporate Social Performance in Tourism
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Part 1: Scientific Realties and Cultural Constructs of the Environment

1. Introduction
2. The Natural Science Ontology of Environment
3. Social Science Ontology of Environment: Challenges to Human Exceptionalism
4. Religious Views of the Environment: Sanctification of Nature and Implications for Tourism
5. Tourism and Indigenous Reverence: The Possibilities for Recovery of Land and Revitalization of Life
6. ‘Prophets of Nature’: Romantic Ideals of Nature and their Continuing Relevance for Tourism Today
7. The Importance of the Aesthetic
8. Viewing Nature Politically
9. Using Complexity Theory to Develop Understanding of Tourism and the Environment
10. Tourism and Romantic Myths of Nature: The Evolution of a Discursive Relationship Part 2: Eco-systems and Impact Issues
11. Introduction
12. Nature Bites Back: Impacts of the Environment on Tourism
13. Biodiversity and Tourism
14. ‘Tourism into the wild’: The Limits of Tourism in Wilderness
15. Freshwater Systems and Tourism
16. Marine Systems and Tourism
17. Mountain Environments and Tourism
18. Orchids: An Example of Charismatic Megaflora Tourism?
19. Islands Tourism Part 3: Environmental Policy, Resource Governance and Management
20. Introduction
21. The Brundtland Report (Our Common Future) and Tourism
23. Framework Conventions for Climate Change: An Analysis of Global Framework Conventions with Reference to Resource Governance and Environmental Management Approaches in New Zealand
24. The Vulnerability of Tourism to Climate Change
25. Demand Management for the Sustainability of Tourism
26. Zoning, Land-use Planning and Tourism
27. Protected Areas and Tourism
28. Limits of Acceptable Change and Tourism
29. Sustainable Tourism Certification
30. Lessons Learned: Knowledge Management and Tourism Development Part 4: Terminology and Types of Tourism

31. Introduction
32. Eco-tourism
33. Nature-Based Tourism
34. Wildlife tourism
35. Agritourism: In Between Rural change, Tourism Restructuring and Environmental Imperatives
36. Slow Travel
37. Responsible Tourism: Whose Responsibility?
38. Pro-Poor Tourism and Local Economic Development Part 5: Contemporary and Future Issues
39. Introduction
40. Climate Change and Tourism
41. Water and Tourism
42. Community-Based Ecotourism as Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship
43. Tourism’s Wasteful Way
44. Fair Trade in Tourism – Critical Shifts and Perspectives
45. Resiliency and Uncertainty in Tourism
46. Tourism and CSR
47. Environmental Security and Tourism
48. Adaptive Co-management: A New Frontier for Nature-based Tourism
49. Measurement of Corporate Social Performance in Tourism

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